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# web_search from terminal

function web_search() {
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  emulate -L zsh

  # define search engine URLS
  typeset -A urls
  urls=(
    google      "https://www.google.com/search?q="
    bing        "https://www.bing.com/search?q="
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    yahoo       "https://search.yahoo.com/search?p="
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    duckduckgo  "https://www.duckduckgo.com/?q="
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    yandex      "https://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text="
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    github      "https://github.com/search?q="
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    baidu       "https://www.baidu.com/s?wd="
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  )

  # define the open command
  case "$OSTYPE" in
    darwin*)  open_cmd="open" ;;
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    cygwin*)  open_cmd="cygstart" ;;
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    linux*)   open_cmd="xdg-open" ;;
    *)        echo "Platform $OSTYPE not supported"
              return 1
              ;;
  esac
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  # check whether the search engine is supported
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  if [[ -z "$urls[$1]" ]]; then
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    echo "Search engine $1 not supported."
    return 1
  fi

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  # search or go to main page depending on number of arguments passed
  if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
    # build search url:
    # join arguments passed with '+', then append to search engine URL
    url="${urls[$1]}${(j:+:)@[2,-1]}"
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  else
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    # build main page url:
    # split by '/', then rejoin protocol (1) and domain (2) parts with '//'
    url="${(j://:)${(s:/:)urls[$1]}[1,2]}"
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  fi
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  nohup $open_cmd "$url" &>/dev/null
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}

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alias bing='web_search bing'
alias google='web_search google'
alias yahoo='web_search yahoo'
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alias ddg='web_search duckduckgo'
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alias yandex='web_search yandex'
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alias github='web_search github'
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alias baidu='web_search baidu'
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#add your own !bang searches here
alias wiki='web_search duckduckgo \!w'
alias news='web_search duckduckgo \!n'
alias youtube='web_search duckduckgo \!yt'
alias map='web_search duckduckgo \!m'
alias image='web_search duckduckgo \!i'
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alias ducky='web_search duckduckgo \!'